だめ

Meanings

1. no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
2. hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
3. cannot; must not; not allowed
4. neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
5. no!; stop!

Part of speech: na-adjective, noun, interjection

Example sentences

• 去年はジョギングシューズを２足駄目にした。

  I wore out two pairs of jogging shoes last year.

  Tatoeba #182216 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• もうだめだ。

  It's all over.

  Tatoeba #75261 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 夜遅くまで起きていては駄目だよ。

  Don't sit up late at night.

  Tatoeba #79682 · CC BY 2.0 FR